“This is the only copy so please don’t lose it prematurely,” scribbled T. E. Lawrence, popularly known as Lawrence of Arabia, on the margin of the only map he’s believed to have ever drawn. That ...

The route recorded on Lawrence’s map reflects his march in May, 1917, from the port city of al Wejh on the Red Sea toward Aqaba, where the Welsh-born archaeologist-turned-soldier led Arab fighters ...